The establishment of each dynasty will be accompanied by the emergence of war, as long as there is a place of war, it is necessary for military generals to lead soldiers to fight, just like where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the military generals who lead soldiers to fight wars, once they win, will be famous for eternity, and once they fail, they may be unknown.
There are not many military generals in history who are remembered for their defeats, but many are remembered for their victories, especially the founding warriors of a dynasty, who will always be remembered by future generations. Who were the founding first military generals of the Qin Dynasty, the Two Han Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty?
The first military general of the founding of the Qin Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty is the first unified dynasty in ancient Chinese history, and it is also the first dynasty to appear an emperor, in the last founding hero reward of the Qin Dynasty, there are several names that we are more familiar with, such as Zhang Handan, Meng Tian and others, who after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, they are still active in the imperial court and battlefield at that time, and can be regarded as a very powerful figure in the founding martial generals of the Qin Dynasty.
However, to say that they were the first military generals of the founding of the Qin Dynasty seems to be a bit exaggerated, and it is estimated that they themselves do not dare to be, because in the process of the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, there are other particularly powerful military generals, such as bai qi, the head of the four great war gods in the famous Warring States period, and Wang Qi.
Although they were no longer alive when the Qin Dynasty was finally established, but because the process of the establishment of the Qin Dynasty was particularly long, they must be counted, of course, Bai Qi is too far away in time, we can not discuss it together with the founding military general, not to mention him, as for how powerful he is, I think everyone knows it.
Wang Qi should undoubtedly be regarded as the first military general of the founding of the Qin Dynasty, because in the process of the unification of the Qin State, a total of six major powers of Yan, Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi, and Chu were faced, and among these six great powers, except for Korea, the remaining five countries were destroyed by Wang Qi and his son.
The first military general of the founding of the two Han Dynasties
The two Han Dynasties mainly refer to the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, of which the Western Han Dynasty is in the front, which is the founding power headed by Liu Bang, and it is estimated that when it comes to these people in the Liu Bang Group, people want to say more in an instant, because there are too many outstanding talents in the Liu Bang Group.
Purely as far as military generals are concerned, Cao San, Fan Duo, Long Ji, Peng Yue, Han Xin and others are quite excellent, and Cao Gan ranks second among Liu Bangfeng's founding heroes, second only to Xiao He, the minister of the Western Han Dynasty, which is enough to see that Cao San's status among the founding military generals of the Western Han Dynasty is quite high, and Liu Bang also recognizes it.
If you look at the official ranking, there is no doubt that Cao San is the first military general of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, but in the hearts of the people, it seems that they are unwilling to accept this official ranking, because the Western Han Dynasty has another military genius Han Xin, who is rarely seen in a thousand years.
Although Han Xin was young, since joining the Liu Bang clique, almost all the key wars were planned and participated in by Han Xin, saying that half of the rivers and mountains of the Western Han Dynasty were fought by Han Xin, nor was it alarmist, because of the emergence of Han Xin, there was an interpretation of classic battles such as "Ming Repair Ditch, Darkness Chen Cang", "Backwater War", "Embattled", "Ten-Sided Ambush" and so on.
To talk about the first military general of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, in people's hearts, Han Xin is undoubtedly the best candidate, but it is a pity that such a genius, because he is not low-key enough, coupled with Liu Bang and Lü Yan are worried about raising tigers, and finally they were hanged by Lü Yan on the top of the city tower and asked the palace women to stab him alive with a bamboo pole.
The founding generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty were much less famous than the founding generals of the Western Han Dynasty, and there were two main reasons, on the one hand, Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was too good, so that the rest of the military generals became eclipsed after compared with him, and another reason was that the Eastern Han regime's propaganda for these founding generals was not in place, resulting in a small popularity.
Although the popularity is not high, but does not mean that the eastern Han Dynasty's group of founding military generals have no outstanding talents, in fact, the founding military generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty are also very excellent, such as Deng Yu of "established Hebei, Fuping Guanzhong", is the leading figure among the founding martial generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, many people think that Deng Yu is the first military general of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but in Liu Xiu's evaluation, we find that the role played by Deng Yu in the process of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty is actually similar to Xiao He's role.
Since it is a role similar to Xiao He, we can temporarily put it in another echelon for consideration, among the military generals, we should consider the rest of the characters, in the process of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a young and promising genius, named Geng Yi, this person began to follow Liu Xiu in his twenties, in the process of the founding of the country recovered 46 counties, attacked more than 300 cities, and created the "encirclement point to help" tactic, known as the second Han Xin.
To say that the first military general of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, presumably it is not Geng Yi, but in the end Geng Ti is also because Liu Xiu is worried that he has become the second Han Xin because of his high achievements, and after some exchanges, Geng Yi resigned and went home to retire, when he resigned and returned home, he was only 34 years old, such an excellent person, and Han Xin is indeed more similar.
The first military general of the founding state of the Sui and Tang dynasties
The Sui and Tang dynasties were the most serious period of talent explosion in ancient Chinese history, and the civilian and military generals in this period emerged too many well-known figures in later generations and had a huge impact on history, such as Han Huhu, Shi Wanzai and Yang Su in the Sui Dynasty, who were the best among the founding martial generals of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Su participated in the Battle of Pingding Northern Qi during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he continued to send troops to destroy the Chen Dynasty, defeat the Turks, and quell the rebellion of the Han King Yang Yu, and made great achievements for the stable development of the Sui Dynasty, although his reputation in his life was not good, and when the Sui Emperor Yang Jian died later, he also played a role worthy of scrutiny, but the meritorious service he made in the process of the establishment of the Sui Dynasty was not to be ignored by future generations.
There are too many famous founding generals of the Tang Dynasty, and even Qin Qiong, who is later called the god of war level, is far behind in the ranking of the founding generals of the Tang Dynasty, and figures such as Wei Chigong, although ranked first, have not achieved many achievements.
To say that the founding first military generals of the Tang Dynasty were mainly concentrated among Li Xiaogong, Li Jing, and Xu Maogong, Xu Maogong was more strategic than war, so he was partial to civil servants, and although Li Xiaogong achieved many achievements, in those victories won by Li Xiaogong in the war, Li Jing assisted him.
Li Jing not only achieved many achievements in the process of founding the country, but also in the later wars to win the Eastern Turks and take Tuguhun, all of which were carried out by Li Jing as the commander, and his achievements, in the process of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, presumably except for Li Shimin himself, can be compared with it, the rest of the people seem to be somewhat out of reach.
Song Ming's first founding military general
Song Dynasty because of the late Zhao Kuangyin engaged in a "cup of wine to release military power", resulting in the Song Dynasty began to re-emphasize the suppression of martial arts, the entire Song Dynasty period, not many famous military generals, in addition to the late Yue Fei, it is estimated that the early period with Zhao Kuangyin to build a meritorious career of the few military generals, in addition, the song Dynasty military generals the sense of existence is not high.
Among the founding generals who followed Zhao Kuangyin to establish the Song Dynasty, Cao Bin was undoubtedly the first military general of the founding of the country, he attacked the Southern Tang and Later Shu as the main general, and also followed The Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi to conquer the Northern Han and Liao states, in the establishment and stability of the Song Dynasty, Cao Bin made great contributions, saying that he was the first military general of the founding of the country, it is also deserved.
It can be said that these founding generals of the Ming Dynasty are not only worthy of affirmation in terms of combat effectiveness, but also worthy of affirmation in terms of vision and foresight, Zhu Yuanzhang is only a grassroots birth, but these people can always follow Zhu Yuanzhang, until the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the whole process is full of too many uncertain things, but these people have persevered, enough to show how powerful they are.
Among the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is Xu Da, Tang He or Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and others, they are quite excellent, but for the honor of the founding first military general, it is estimated that only Xu Da can be competent, because in the process of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the most critical opponents, such as Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youyu and others, are Xu Da's handling, how high Xu Da's military ability is, we just look at Xu Da's apprentice Zhu Di later, we understand, Zhu Di has not yet obtained all the true transmissions of Xu Da, and can overthrow Zhu Yunjiao. Becoming the new emperor is enough to show where Xu Da's ability lies.
Xu Da not only has a high military talent, but also has a strong ability to deal with the world, so in the end, Xu Da relied on his own Mingzhe to protect himself, becoming the only two candidates among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty who were ranked side by side with Tang He to die well, which can be regarded as a miracle.
epilogue
The establishment of each dynasty, there are different heroes, although the ranking of these heroes, the benevolent see the wise, but the title of the founding of the first military general, but not everyone dares to take responsibility, there must be many amazing merits, in order to get this honor!
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